MTC - Mission President Seminar

The Mission President's Seminar at the MTC was a very special and uplifting experience for us.  It was wonderful to have Shealyn there at the same time-- she was invited to sing in the special choir that sang each day in our meetings, so it was fun to see her.  The choir was beautiful and added significantly to each day.

There sure is a lot of blue water between where we are now and where we are going!  Each day we had talks by general authorities, and training sessions by members of the Seventy and the Missionary department.  It was very helpful, and we feel better prepared, and more excited, to start.  The spirit was so strong each day-- just being in the MTC you feel that.  When we joined with the all the missionaries for the weekly devotional and they all began singing "Called to Serve" it was electrifying. One of the things we were not necessarily expecting was how fun it was to meet and talk with and make friends with the other couples who are leaving to serve in countries around the world.  We spent a a lot of time with the couples who are going to the Asia area missions and look forward to seeing them in Hong Kong every 6 months or so at Area meetings.  We had a special dinner with Elder Oakes and other general authorities one evening and took a photo of the Asia area couples:

Saturday evening we had the opportunity to meet a group of our missionaries who are currently in the MTC studying Cambodian and Vietnamese.  We have 9 elders, and 3 sisters currently here.  It was absolutely wonderful to meet with them, feel of their spirit and faith, and talk to them for a short while.  We look forward to welcoming them to Cambodia in another month or so!